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Law Teaching

Yale Law School is the country’s leading institution for producing legal academics. Our Law Teaching Program provides J.D. students, graduate students and post-graduate fellows with training and information about careers in academia.

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Preparing for a Career

There is no precise combination of factors that guarantees success on the law teaching market. Explore pathways to teaching careers.

Preparing for a Career in Law Teaching

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Current Candidates

Now it is time to pivot and ask, where are your extraordinary gifts needed? How do you make this legal world that you are entering a better world? One where no one is shut out; one where the weak and vulnerable are not exploited; one that produces fair results based on the merits of the issues before it.

Visiting Lecturer Stephen Bright | 2012 Commencement Address